Originally cast as the Wicked Witch of the West, which would have meant a more glamorous and seductive witch more along the lines of the one in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." She turned down the role when moviemakers wanted to make her ugly.

Actor who got the part: Margaret Hamilton

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